Hi Dale and jdow, On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 04:34:06PM -0700, jdow wrote: > On 2012/08/30 13:19, Dale Dellutri wrote: > >On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> > >wrote: > >>> > >>>At the moment I can't provide that for both; for case (2), when > >>>everything works on another outlet I get the following: > >>> > >>><http://pastebin.com/fF5eSp7n> > >>> > >> > >>This is the output for case (1), when it doesn't work: > >> > >><http://pastebin.com/DVZNuNkB> > > > >These two pastebins show that the "wall outlet" that doesn't work (case 1) > >is specialized to only allow access the 192.168.0.0/24 lan. It's probably > >connected to a different switch (or different VLAN) than the ones that do > >work (case 2). > > > >There's no mystery unless you think that the network administrators > >have made some kind of mistake. It looks like a policy decision. > > It could even be a misconfigured managed switch directing his connection > to a wrong place. > > I did notice his machine is asking for a 192.168.0.x address, perhaps > renewing his home address. Other laptops might not do that so they work. > (They might be asking for an address in the 128.141.x.x range, get denied > and get an address in the 137.138.x.x range from the second dhcp server.) > > He may have unconvered two bugs at once. One is an unauthorized wireless > network somebody has connected in his office. The second is a switch that > is routing his office to the 137.138 net rather than the 128.141 net. Or > they may use a dhcp server that happens to be on the 137.138 net to serve > both the 137.138 net and the 128.141 net. They DO both route the same > here all the way through the same address: e513-e-rbrxl-2-ne0.cern.ch > That would mean the 137.141 offer might be an artifact rather than > meaningful data. That still leaves the likely unauthorized server on the > 192.168.0 net. > > I'd provide the fellow who is helping you with those chunks of data and > see if they are enough clues for him. >
Thanks a lot for the hints. I'm meeting the admin in person tomorrow, these comments will surely be useful. Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
